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Dressing Our Daughters

jmb3jmb3 member
Seventh Anniversary 10 Comments
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I need some advice/suggestions PLEASE!! :-) This is our second marriage and my fiance and I are getting married (just the two of us) on the beach. When we come back we are having a reception and a ceremony to include our daughters with a pledge/commitment to them, unity sand with all of us and a small gift maybe a ring or necklace for each one of them.

 We have 5 girls (two 9 yr olds, 11, 12 & 16). I have NO idea on dresses. I know their favorite colors and we were going to decorate the reception area with the paper ball lanterns in their favorite colors (at least that's the thought at this moment). They all have different styles and obviously the 16 y/o will dress differently than the younger girls...

Do I choose one color family and let them pick their dress color/style in that color family?

Choose Ivory (my dress color) with sashes and let them choose their sash color?

Let them choose their favorite color/style?

I want it to look good/blended for pics but I do want to have them help choose and be happy and feel beautiful in their dresses.

 

Thanks for any suggestions you have! :)
Jamie

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Re: Dressing Our Daughters

  • MikesAngieMikesAngie member
    1000 Comments Third Anniversary Name Dropper 5 Love Its
    As a family we picked out our wedding colors (the DSD was 6 days away from 18 when we wed). She chose her own dress in Navy which was one of the colors we agreed on for our wedding.  We had a formal to-do and my ladies all wore Navy blue dresses of their choosing. 

    When my parents married (step-mom, bio-dad) they had three girls his (me 16 at the time), hers (12 at the time) and a foster daughter (9), we were allowed to chose dresses that complimented our Mom's dress and the spring time theme that they were going for. My dress was lemon yellow with lace insets, the next daughter had a white back ground with small blue flowers and the youngest had  similar dress with small yellow flowers.  Mom's dress was apricot with floral and lace insets. My dad wore a tan suit with a ivory shirt and an apricot tie, our pictures looked nice. 

    I think you do what you and they like things don't necessarily have to match.  
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  • jmb3jmb3 member
    Seventh Anniversary 10 Comments
    Great advice! Thank you for your feedback. Both weddings you mentioned sound beautiful! :-)
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